Legacy Student Leaders Conference

Legacy Student Leaders Conference ‘08

“Youth and Family Ministry”

August 9, 2008
Morningview Baptist Church
125 Calhoun Road
Montgomery, AL 36109

The Student Leaders Conference is for youth pastors, pastors, education pastors, parents and youth leaders who desire a greater biblical understanding of how the two primary institutions that God has established in the Bible, the family and the church, work together in the context of youth ministry.

Register for conference by emailing your name, phone number and number attending to us at: legacy@troycable.net
or by phone at: (334) 268-2503

Conference Speakers

Steve Wright – Steve is the author of reThink and Assistant Pastor of Student Ministries at Providence Baptist Church. Steve has served in student ministry since 1988 and joined the team at Providence in May of 1999. He received a Master of Arts degree in Christian education from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. His undergraduate degree is from Carson Newman College in Jefferson City, TN. Steve and his wife, Tina, were married in 1989. They are blessed with three children: Sara, William and Tyler.


Reid Ward - Reid is the Founder & President of Legacy Ministries. He is the author of the Legacy Leadership: Principles for Leaving a Spiritual Legacy, a nationally known speaker and veteran youth minister, who now serves as Minister of Education and Discipleship at Bush Memorial Baptist Church. In over fourteen years of ministry, Reid has a proven reputation for developing young believers into spiritual leaders, building successful ministry teams, and challenging students to think more deeply about their spiritual lives and to be what God created and called them to be. Reid and his wife, Rayanne, have three children: Trinity, Elijah, and Zachariah.

Dr. Randy Stinson - Dr. Stinson became Dean of the School of Leadership and Church Ministry at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in August 2006. Dr. Stinson also serves as the President for The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. Dr. Stinson is a renowned authority on the subject of biblical manhood and womanhood. He has served as a senior pastor as well as other church staff positions. Randy and his wife, Danna, worship at The Ninth and O Baptist Church with their five children: Gunnar, Georgia, Fisher, Eden and Payton.

Worship Leaders

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The John Newton Challenge: A vision at its beginning...

A Challenge from Lasting Divergence 27th, 200

I am in the very early process of dreaming with this project, and to pull it off, I am going to need the help of a large number of you who share a similar burden. My concern is that very few Christian families have an intentional plan in place to disciple their children. From the surveys we and others have conducted, very few Christian parents have at least one dedicated time each week set aside for prayer and Scripture reading in their homes. Blame it on busy schedules or travel or convenience or sports or academics or on the dog; the simple truth is that for many families it just is not happening despite an overwhelming desire on the part of many students, especially teens, who long for this type of instruction from their parents.

Here is what a few of the teens in our surveys have said:

"I wish my parents prayed with me."

"I wish my parents would talk more about their faith."

"I wished they read the Bible with me."

"I wish my parents were less awkward about the Bible."

"I wish my parents would read one Scripture at dinner."

"I wish they talked more directly about God and their faith."

"I wish my parents would help me get closer to God."

What if? What if we asked those who share this concern (hopefully you) to begin praying about this issue? What if we then asked these people to help shape this rough idea into something that God could use to have a huge impact on families and future generations? I believe we could then take this idea - or challenge as we are now calling it - to pastors, Christian leaders, bloggers and others who might help cast the vision to those they influence. These leaders could use this challenge as a resource to encourage the written truth that God has placed on the heart of every parent - Deuteronomy 6:4-9.

I personally believe that until parents embrace their God-given responsibility we will continue to lose this generation of young people at an alarming rate. Fear should not be our motive but the facts from many studies confirm that the "spiritual drop-off approach" is failing at an ominous rate.

Your Part:

1. Prayer- Nehemiah 1:4 is a great reminder of someone who knew that he could not solve the issue of his day. He also knew that God could solve this dilemma by moving on behalf of His people. Nehemiah was so concerned that He mourned, wept and fasted for days. Are we really as burdened as Nehemiah over the spiritual condition of families today? If we are, then it should first show up in our prayer lives.

2. Creative ideas- I have a very basic, rough sketch of what this challenge could look like below. How might you suggest we sharpen it?

3. Understanding the purpose- Our desire would be for this entire project to express grace-not bondage or legalism! We want this to be a help for families, something that is realistic, encouraging, and a positive impetus to move forward in family discipleship.The purpose is to give parents a free 52-week Bible reading plan which allows them to intentionally disciple their children. Our hopes would be that this simple Bible reading plan would be used by parents as a resource so that they can recapture this tremendous gift that God has given to each of them.

4. Practical ideas- Here are a few:

a) A banner designed for bloggers and organizations to post on their websites. This banner could be placed on sites of churches, bloggers, or other organizations that desire to encourage parents to the biblical obedience of training their children.

b) Input on the document that many would read. What should it say and is it concise? Once someone clicks on the online banner what should the challenge say that invites parents to participate?

c) Creative ideas that I haven't even thought to ask for, such as video productions for YouTube, Godtube, etc.d) Promotional ideas: How would we best get the word out on this? What endorsement contacts does each of us have?

e) I would like to list on our Lasting Divergence facebook group the names of all who are involved in shaping this challenge to help communicate a Kingdom mindset and form a true partnership from across denominational and organizational lines. This could send an incredible message throughout the Body of Christ by allowing believers to focus on biblical truth that we all support rather than what divides us! Are you in?

I value your feedback ... both positive and negative. If you share the concern that many parents have either abdicated their role or haven't been trained and resourced for this apparent privilege, please know that we could use your help. If you are willing to help, you can email Steve Wright at admin@lastingdivergence.com or leave a note on our Lasting Divergence facebook group wall. Again, what if? What if many families across our country reclaimed this spiritual discipline? What if even one family begins to open God's word at home and Christ is made much of? I can say with all sincerity that this would be worth all the time and effort if one more family honors Christ in this way! It is that important!For More Information Click On This Link...

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reThink - what a great weekend

It was a blessing to be able to attend and participate in the reThink '08 Conference in North Carolina this past weekend. Though I am friends with many of the people involved, I did not really know what to expect. What I got was more than I expected. It was a great environment and the messages were inspiring and clear. The gist of the thing is that God established the family as the primary means for generational faithfulness and He instituted the Church as an instrument and aid in that calling. As the family has lost its identity in our culture so has the church. The time has come to regain these biblical identities for which each institution was established and for them to partner together to promote generational faithfulness.
I could tell you all about it. However, there is a great blog by Alex Chediak that gives you notes and highlights of each session. Check it out and pay particular attention to the sessions by Randy Stinson and Steve Wright, who will be featured speakers at the Legacy Student Leaders Conference in August.

Top 10 Reasons To Attend The reThink Conference